We may trace gratitude to three sources: to current ideas about honor that derive from a moral frame of reference, to ideas about current realities that derive from a pragmatic frame of reference, and to precedents that derive from a historical ftше of reference. In describing how gender codes have a ripple effect on marriage, […]

We may trace gratitude to three sources: to current ideas about honor that derive from a moral frame of reference, to ideas about current realities that derive from a pragmatic frame of reference, and to precedents that derive from a historical ftше of reference. In describing how gender codes have a ripple effect on marriage, […]

Sometimes a “mis-giving" stays light, in the sense that a missed exchange does not make one or another person feel unloved. At other times, it cuts dangerously deep into signs by which partners know they are loved. Consider a light “mis-giving” between Peter and Nina Loyola, married twelve years, the parents of two. Peter was […]

Sometimes a “mis-giving" stays light, in the sense that a missed exchange does not make one or another person feel unloved. At other times, it cuts dangerously deep into signs by which partners know they are loved. Consider a light “mis-giving” between Peter and Nina Loyola, married twelve years, the parents of two. Peter was […]

Gender culture is a matter of beliefs about manhood and womanhood, and of emotional anchors attached to these beliefs. Many discrete beliefs, such as “a woman’s place is in the home,” can be understood as positions on cen­tral cultural rules about gender honor. The traditional person in Anglo — Saxon, Hispanic, and Asian American cultures […]

Gender culture is a matter of beliefs about manhood and womanhood, and of emotional anchors attached to these beliefs. Many discrete beliefs, such as “a woman’s place is in the home,” can be understood as positions on cen­tral cultural rules about gender honor. The traditional person in Anglo — Saxon, Hispanic, and Asian American cultures […]

A person is usually grateful to receive a gift* But what is a gift? The question has two answers. In the conventional sense, a gift is an object or service freely given, even if it’s expected—a Christmas present, for example. But in the emotional sense on which I focus here a gift must seem extra—some­thing […]

A person is usually grateful to receive a gift* But what is a gift? The question has two answers. In the conventional sense, a gift is an object or service freely given, even if it’s expected—a Christmas present, for example. But in the emotional sense on which I focus here a gift must seem extra—some­thing […]

In the beginning I asked how reeling rules might vary in salience across social classes. One possible approach to this question is via the connections among social exchange, commodification of feeling, and the premium, in many middle-class jobs, on the capacity to manage meanings. Conventionalized feeling may come to assume the properties of a com­modity. […]

In the beginning I asked how reeling rules might vary in salience across social classes. One possible approach to this question is via the connections among social exchange, commodification of feeling, and the premium, in many middle-class jobs, on the capacity to manage meanings. Conventionalized feeling may come to assume the properties of a com­modity. […]